It does hopefully buy him some time to tighten his TDD before hitting sterner opposition, at least, assuming he zaps Poteria (I think he does).
What kind of step up did you fancy for him? Seems like there's three possibilities, based on available fighters: A) Armen Petrosyan B) Marc-Andre Barriault and C)Razak Al-Hassan
I feel like B is too risky, with Marc possessing a decent skillset to grind Shara down. C might be more favorable, though Al-Hassan mightn't necessarily be huge step up at this point. I'd say Petrosyan would be the ideal candidate? Weak grappler but a a technical kickboxer, and an honest test to showcase your boy cooking on the feet.